Today I found a connector that was not connected to anything, at the mid-right firewall, passenger side. I then found what I believe to be what was supposed to plug in it, except it had been spilt/gnarled. See below. The left side (female) has a black wire that connects to a tubular capacitor (I believe), whose other wire disappears into a loom headed towards the driver's side near the firewall. That same left connector has pure red wire that disappears into the loom as well. On the right side (male) there are 2 identical wires connected to the same pin at the bottom of the connector which are black with a blue stripe (it seems green in the pic but it is blue). The top of the connector has a black wire, which connects to the black wire on the female part of the connector. These three all seem to run down the front of the engine and connect to something on the right of the front of engine about 1/2 way down. I cannot see this very well.
I have tried to find these in my diagrams but I am not pulling it together. Based on where the wires went, it is not the few places where I see a BU wire in the wiring diagrams. I did notice that after I made this connection, for the first time I could feel the car shift from 1st to 2nd gear (its an automatic, and I never felt it before, and was wondering if I was starting in 2nd). Anyway, could be a coincidence.
Does anyone know what these wires are for? It would be great to have an annotated view of the front part of the engine that is nearly impossible for us to normally see. Where each wire and hose goes, for manual and automatic. If I ever see one out of a car I will do that.
I have several other oddities (to me) that I will be posting over the next few days which I have found.